Railway passenger and express motor-car.



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RAILWAY PASSENGER AND EXPRESS MOTOR CAR.

APPLICATION HLED' IAN- ll, I917.

' Patented Apr. 90 1918.

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APPLICATION ElLED JANA]. 19w.

1,262,5770 Patented Apr. 9, 1918.

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He e BQ EH mm ew Toall whom it may cmwem: I s k Be it known that I,ALFRno'D. BOWEN, a citizen of thenUnited States, and a resident of Omaha, inthe county of Don las'and State of- Nebraskaghave 'invente certain new and sefuldmprovementsin Railway Passenger and -Express Motor- Cars, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates tothe construction of railway motor-cars, and particularl to cars adapted "for transportation* of both passengers and exPresSOr light'baggage. It is the ob'ect of'my invention" to provide a car of thls kind especially adapted for economicaloperation on interburban railways. In pursuance of this object I provide a car which is preferably propelled-by an internal-combustion engine," the same operating and being-controlled similarly to an ordinary motor-vehicle,and also preferably running on a light narrow-gage railway track, such as I may be constructed alongppublic highways with a minimum expense. A further object of'my invention is to'provide a car-having the foregoing characteristics and arrange so that it can "be efliciently operated by one person acting in the'joint ca acity of driver,

conductor, and express han ler.'"' In pursu ance of this object my ear has. a passenger compartment with. a single door-opening,

located so that the passengers enter andleave the'car in proximity'to the drivers station, the door being near the track-level and being opened and closed by the driver without moving from his station. The car also has a compartment for express, bag gage and light freight, said compartment having a separate door thereto opening at a.

level such as to be accessible at the outside ofthe car from a raised platform or thelike adjacent to the track. Further objects ofmy invention relate to the particular construction and arrangement of the light, strong and inexpensive car-body required for effecting the more general objects of the invention. v I

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sideview of a' car embodying my invention, Fig. 2 is a horizontal section and floorplan thereof, Fig. 3 is a'detail plan ofthe principal floor-framing thereof, Fig. is a longitudinal section of the body-framlng, showing the driving mechan1sm d1agram-.

matically, and Fig. 5 is a transverse section of the car-body through the passenger-door thereof.

Specification of Letters Patent. 5 Application filed J'anuary fl, 1917. Serial No. 142,859. I

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In the illustrated embodiment of my invention the car-body has two principal'longitudinal frame-members or sills 6 which are of metal and are paced transversely intermediate the sides and the longitudinal center-line of the body. The sills 6 arev connected at their ends by bowedior arcuate' and to the outer sides of the members 7 and 9 are anchored the lower ends of the principal side-frame-members or studs 10, The latter maybe of wood and are arranged in pairs suitably spaced to provide places for the windows and doors of the car-body. The upper ends of the studs are connected to each. other'by suitable transom-plates 11 following the contour of the body, 'and bclow and between the window-openings the studs 1 are connected by suitable diagonal bracing-members 12 and 13 arranged to lie between the planes of the inner and outer surfaces of the studs. The side-portions of thereof have arched metal frame-members 14 resting on the transom-plates 11,as shown in Fig.6. The main roof 15 is slightly arched transversely, and is curved downwardly at the front and rear e nds,whi'le the intermediate longitudinal portions are spaced from the side arch -memb e1s 14; to provide place for the ventilators 16;

To the described body-framing there is applied an outer'sheeting 17 preferably of metal, and suitable intcriorfinish 18 which may be of wood. The sides and front and rear ends of the car-body are provided'with windows of which the main sash 19 may be lowered into compartments formed beneath them in the spaces between the studs 10.

Suitable flooring 20 is laid upon the deckframe formed by the main sills 6. cantalivers 8 and side-sills 9. At one side of the body between two of the cantalivers 8, a portion of the'side-sill is omitted, and ad joining the same the flooring, 20 is omitted freight and a rear passenger-compartment, and exit from said compartment, said door both compartments having the same floorextending below the floor-level, and steps level, a side-door for the front compartment, within the car and leading from said door 10 car-controlling mechanism located within up to the floor-level and terminating adja- 5 the front compartment near the transverse cent to the transverse partitioning means.

partitioning means, a side-door for the rear compartment forming the sole entrance to A. D. BOWEN. 

